[*]Staff at Great Ormond Street have received 'a disgraceful tide of hostility'[*]Mary MacLeod said the hospital has contacted the police after death threats[*]A representative of Connie Yates and Chris Gard say it was a 'cynical ploy'[*]The pair are battling to take Charlie to America for therapy to try and save him[*]GOSH argues the experimental treatment won't work and his life support should be switched off

A statement published Great Ormond Street Hospital revealing staff have received death threats has been described as a 'cynical ploy' by a spokesman for Charlie Gard's family. Chairman for the hospital, Mary MacLeod, released the statement tonight saying doctors and nurses have been subjected to a 'shocking and disgraceful tide of hostility and disturbance' during a legal battle between the hospital and his parents, Connie Yates and Chris Gard. She added that parents visiting their children at the London hospital have been 'harassed and discomforted' and they have contacted the police for assistance.